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lately i've be really sad because i feel like i'm not pretty and the boy i've liked for so long likes my friend and he hugs her and everything and i feel like no one likes me and i know i won't get a date to homecoming



i need some advice

signed depressed (link)
the guy that i like likes my friend too....just talk to him and if he just want to be friends then at least know that you tried..good luck


how do i lose my habit of being shy??? plz answer cuz im a shy ass

i rate high (link)
try talking to people yiou don't usually tak to (say hi) and get ivovled in a social activity or join a sport or group...don't try to be someone you are not. if someone doesn't except you, then that is their fault.good luck!


Hey, me and my friend are a lil over weight, but i dont think she notices it as well as i do!
Im gonna stop drinking soda and some other junk food, but she thinks its crazy for me to go on a "diet" but its crazy the way she drinks like 2 or 3 sodas a day!
i like to skateboard and supposedly she likes to rollerblade but its REALLY hard to get her out there.
Her daily thing is like go to school go home eat watch tv go on the comptuer and play video games.
weekednds its wake up, comptuer, tv and video games.
PLEAZE HELP IM SO SICK OF BEING INSIDE SPECIALLY SINCE SHES ONE OF MY ONLY FRIENDS NOW!!!
will rate (link)
well it's great that you are on the right track to a healthier life. the one thing that you can do is find somethign that you enjoy doing (such as skateboarding)and maybe try to make a friend at a rink or something...ask you friend if she'll go on walks with you so you both can talk or hang out...talking ot her is the only way to get her to realize that a healthier life is a happier life! hope i helped!


I write out suicide notes and read them over and over...i write long paragraphs explaining to my family why I killed my self..while I write it I am laughing and thinking how fun this is, I get a thrill out of it. Sometimes I think I am depressed, but I don't feel depressed. I love thinking about suicide, wondering who would be at my funeral, if anyone would cry or care. I feel like I am going crazy, it's always on my mind, am I just crazy? Because I don't have any of the symptoms of depression.. (link)
sometimes we feel like people don't care and we wounder what they would do if we died...the one thingy that you have to try to do is focos on positive things when suisidal thoughts come to the mind. if that doesn't work then try talking to a parent, good friend, or counceler.hope i helped!good luck!


okay. well i have been best friends with the same three people for 4 years now and we do everything together and i love them to death but now they have new friends and they will talk about plans right in my face and not invite me and so i do other things with my other friends but i cant help but get jelous. its like sometimes i dont want them to be happy unless there with me. I hate feeling this way. I hate being jelous, but i cant help it. Things have changed and i cant take it. I try to take my mind off it and do other things but none of my other friends are as close as they are. i cant just give up on out friendship. How do i stop the jelousy? and Should i tell them how i feel? cause they would probbaly laugh and get mad at me...

sincerely,
Sojelous (link)
i had this same problem and i had so much to tell them so i wrote how i felt down in a note and gave it to them...after that they treated my differently for a while, and then they went back to the old way. i delt with it by trying to make plans with them myself and if they are doing something, ask if you can join them. if u just sit there and think of how jelous you are, then of course they won't know....try to be happy around them, and if they ingore you a lot after that , then tellthem how you feel and if they laugh then they are not very good friends...good luck!


I think I am heading 2 anorexia. I don't eat normal at school. I skip meals from 8 hours a day and I feel real week. And when I think about eating I get sick to my stomiac. I am only 13 but I am really upsessed with my weight. I only eat about 3-4 things a day. I need help. Thanks and No smartasses Please. (link)
try to eat normally for a day, and if that doesn't work, than talk to a parent or good friend that you trust. tell them that you need help because if you dont get help you could get very sick and may even die. please get help...i once had your problem and now im a lot happier because i am healthy...i may not have the perfect body, but my mind is healty, and that is what you need to go for.


well i dont have zits on my face small little bumps are on my face as well as arms. Few are red mainly my skin color but they are noticeable. My face and back of my arms feel rough do you have any help?? please I will give you a 5 thankss (link)
it may be your body wash/soap that you are using in your shower....try to use a regualar soap bar or maybe try to not to use the lotion you are usin..good luck!


ok well kind of asked this question before but now im confused this boy he is really nice and funny ..and he also stares and smiles at me a little too much ..but like today and yesterday he didnt do that at all..many people told me he liked me in my other question but im confused cause today he wasnt making me laugh or staring at me ...i dont know if he likes me or not anymore ! im so bummed out seriously and now in reading i sit next to him and i get all nervous and shy ..do you think its a crush on him or something ?? so my main questions are do you think he likes me and do you think i like him ..

CONFUSED GIRL (link)
ok...well from what you wrote it seems like he likes you and you like him, but both could be just crushes. To find out if you or him likes the other, simply start to talk to him more or ask if he wants to hang out...if he seems interested than go for it, but if he seems annoyed back off, because he just wants to be friens ..go luck!


Ok so i have a friend Maria and i have a crush Adam. I have liked Adam for so long and one day Adam telles my bestfriend Maria that he likes her. I am totally emotianal. What should i do? I need serious advice on this one.
~Andrea~ (link)
the same thing happened to me...I havn't told my friend that i liked him yet, but then she tells me that she knows that he likes her and she doesn't like him at all...then now im afraid to talk to him because i think that he doesn't give a care for me! are relationships hard or what? but listen, all that i would do is talk to your friend so if she finds out than she doesn't have to flirt with him because your frienship should be more important than his..good luck!


i'm a male, over 20, alone as hell.
i've never been able to get a girlfriend, i've tried and tried.
it seems like some crule cycle with me, meet a girl, ask her out a couple of times, start to like her and suspect she likes me too, try to be there for her and everything, try to move things up a notch, get the "you're such a good/nice/fabulous guy, i just wanna be friends" routine. Then i'll let go of how i feel as much as posible and try being "just friends", then she picks up the biggest jerk known to mankind and i get to sit across the table watching them make out (TORTURE, for those who care). then the arshole will proceed to cheat on her, she's crushed, i have to listen to all the bullshit and cheer her up, only to find her back with the butthead a week later, then a month later he'll cheat on her AGAIN...
by the third time this happens i simply fuck off, cause she's still won't go out with me and she keeps on going back to the total jerk and every month i have to be there for her.
WHAT THE FUCK, girls always tell me what a "NICE GUY" i am and the friendship crap, but why won't they go out with me.
I'm starting to accept that i'll die alone and bitter, and am starting to avoid woman totally.
I just don't know what to do, i'm really starting to lose it with woman.
I'm over 20 and i haven't even kissed a girl yet. WTF?!!!!!!!!!!!!
should i just kill myself now instead of becoming a full blown alcoholic?
should i try to like guy's more, and simply go gay?
at least i get alot of attention from gay guys trying to chat me up at bars, though im not gay. but women.......FUCK
i need advice please. (link)
ok...don't get yourself down! there is a girl out there waiting for you, but you just havn't met her yet. although you may really like this girl that is getting cheated on, try to experience new relationships.....don't base everything on "getting kissed" try to find someone with a same interest or feeling.....be yourself and try to hold your head up high....don't come to love because love will come to you!


Ok well i am overweight i guess you could say. for the past couple days i have been doing crunches and pushups at nights, and i have been eating mostly liek low fat non-flavord yogurt and stuff like that. I am also in cheerleading and i have practices 2 times a week. i will soon be starting v-ball...how long do you think results will come to being skinnier?? (link)
you can see the results to start kicking in when you push yourelf i bit more. try running a mile everyday or cutting out something bad that you eat...you should see results really soon! good luck!


I have a big problem with thinking i am FAT! I'm 5'5 and i weigh 119.5! So I dont eat alot. My boyfriend worries about me an tells me if i dont go to start eating right then he was gonna tell someone. I went to the doctor to get my physical for cross country an he pushed on my tummy an asked me if i ever ate an i said sometimes an he said do you have an appitite an im like not really an he said that he could tell that i hardley ever ate by pressing on my stomach! I wanna eat but i get too full soo easy! what should i do? (link)
fist off, your not fat, and second off, if you eat healty and exersize, than good job. maybe u just need a bit more food for when you have cross country to keep your weight steady...don't overeat if u are allready healty..


I could probably answer my own advice, but I want someone else's opinion.It started 3 years ago when I was 16. After my boyfriend and I broke up I started downing myself alot. I felt I let the situation go out of control and I had always since my childhood let others get the best of me and control me, I think around the time my boyfriend and I broke up I developed my eating disorder. I have also had other problems like with cutting, trichillomania, anxiety, and depression. I am like a VERY nervous person and it's hard to control my moods and all. Everyday is a struggle to be perfect sometimes i just wish i could cure this disorder and move on and know that being thin isnt everything, but when I see someone thinner than me or someone on tv I am triggered and feel so bad whenever I do eat. I will literally starve for 5 days, then binge the next two days and then starve again then binge and purge and the cycle continues. My question is I feel worthless and like I have lost all hope on getting better, my boyfriend that I broke up with 3 years ago well we are back together and he knows about me being bulimic and anorexic, he yells at me because he hates that I do that to myself and he has even said 'you either choose me or the disorder.' he doesnt understand, i love him so much and i would do anything for him but i cant stop doing this too myself, it is so much in my head to stop. He always says Im too skinny but never really tried to help me, sometimes he even makes negative comments to me even when he knows that makes it worse. What can I say to make him understand? Its so awkward that he knows my biggest secret. (link)
tell him that you are going to get help from a professional (because you really should) and that you want him to know that you still care about him
if he still doesn't understand than try to just be friends...good luck


im 5'5 and weigh 94 pounds. everyone thinks im anerexic, i dont fit in anything, i dont look healthy, should i gain weight? (link)
if you eat healthy and exersize than no,but if you never eat,than yes...dont do something because of what someone else says..be yourself


ok i have a crush on a guy one grade above mine but he doesnt like me wat should i do................................................ thanks i rats fives for every answer


sign confussed and un wanted
ps he nos i like him (link)
try talking to him..you might realize that he doesn't like you the same way, but if he does, than go for it! try making an impression on him so he will have to think of you later on...for instance, make him nervous or make him laugh....that will leave a memory of you in him mind...good luck!


My mom and dad always tell me I need to exercise or lose weight. I mean I know they dont mean it in a hurtful way but it hurts. I've been working on my weight more these past year. I joined a gym last spring but quit over the summer and plan on joining again after school gets normal again (probably beginning of october) I have been trying to eat less but I do have a hard time controlling my urges. But it's not like I'm trying! And it's not like I'm totally overweight. I am on the bigger size, I wear a size 9 pants but I can fit into a size 5. I wear a large shirt but I could fit a medium. I only wear the bigger sizes because my mom constantly calls me fat in the smallers stuff. I only weigh 130 and I'm 5'4.

But anyway, so my mom or dad say almost once a week that I need to stop exercising. Its embaressing because they know I've been trying but because I had to quit because they wouldnt drive me to the gym during summer (its near the school so me and my friend just walk) and I want to get into the swing of school before I join again, and it really hurts my feelings. They'll say it in front of my sisters and the whole family, and then I just sit there and feel weird. I mean really, what do they think I'm going to say?? I can't help my size, I take after my aunt, but I really am truly trying! I don't know what to do, it's really hurtful and makes me feel dumb in front of everyone (everyone else is skinny, like 110 and 115 except my mom is like 135 and my dad is a skinny stick too!). How can I get them to stop throwing these comments in when instead of helping my weight issue it just makes me upset? (link)
it may be hard, but try talking to your parents about how your feeling and how your trying hard to get into shape. that's important to think if it as "getting into shape and being healthy." your main goal should not be to lose weight, it should be to get heatlhy. try that gym if you think it'l l help you and go for walks over the weekend. find something that you like doing. for food, try to find healthy foods that you enjoy eating, such as nuts or crakers and cheese. if you have cravings, sometime drinking water helps...good luck!


I'm about 10, 15 pounds overweight and I'm trying to lose weight. I've always heard diet and exercise, but since I'm not EXTREMELY overweight, would it really matter if I went on a diet and instead just exercised. Would it work? I mean yes I would cut back on food a bit (especially snacks) but I don't eat too unhealthy anymore especially since I stayed at about the same weight for the passed yr. (I gained about three pounds when I've gained the extra 15 from three years before, thats about 5 a year and I cut down my food and only gained 3!) The problem is I am terrible at exercise, I hate running and playing and bikeriding but I've also put off exercise so I never really was very active. So, if I get on a schedule and actually DID my workouts, could I just stick with my regular diet I'm on now? (Except add breakfast, I've heard that helps and probably eat lunch every day (unless I REALLY hate the school lunch or forget money) Right now I don't eat breakfast, I hardly eat lunch, I eat a snack when I get home (usually chips) and dinner (except on some weekends I may get hungry at night and eat). Thanks!

Also, if anybody has any exercises I can do to work my legs (upper and lower), stomach, and butt that would be much appreaciated also!! (link)
for your body try getting some weights and lifting them, for your food, eat at least 3 healthy meals a day. your body can burn off more fat when you exersize if you eat complex meals with healthy carbs. for exersizing, try to find something that you like doing. maybe swimming, walking, biking, or basketball. make your exersizing a bit harder every week, and don't forget to take a day or two to rest your body and muscles. drink plenty of water ad get good sleep. good luck!


umm yea ok i'm osrt of over weight and I hate it a lot nad i mean i just don't have any motivation in me like i do when ever i og shopping and i can't fit into some of the stuff but yea umm any ways to loose weight even if i can't stop eating and tips or stuff and don't tell me to eat healthy( i'm very picky) thanx i rate high
Claire (link)
try finding some type of exersize that you enjoy doing and work out every day. I you like to eat, try to find healthy foods with low fat that you can eat. try to keep your modivation up and be yourself! good luck!


how does sweating make you lose weight?
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most of your body is water and when you sweat you lose water...so if you want ever exersize a lot and then your suprised because you lost a lot of weight fast, it was your water weight...not your "fat cell" weight, which takes longer to get rid of...hope i helped.


Hey. First off im 14/f, Freshman.
My size..is not what one would say..average, im about 16 in pants..but i dress kinda "punk" you know where most of my wardrobe is black. Im not punk though, but i want to be more girly, right now my favorite color is pink and my hair, i straighten it and stuff, and i wear eyeliner, More then black though lol i wear colored eyeliner too..any tips on how to be more girly, without looking stupid.? Remember im overweight.. (link)
one thing you could do is maybe try a few different colors that you like and if you don't like dressing in them, then dont' feel pressured to. If being a little bit overweight is keeping your confidence down, then try to get in shape or eat a bit healthier to boost your confidence. boys definitly notice a girl when she has a lot of confidence. good luck!




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